I have just written 4 new books (pro bono) for the Cambodian Buddhist Library. They translated them into Khmer and have them printed in Cambodia for use in their schools and libraries. The titles are;

Angkor Wat

The Mekong River:

Cambodian Tigers;

I ALSO DONATED THE RIGHTS TO MY FOUR AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL BOOKS WHICH THEY HAVE TRANSLATED AND PRINTED AS BILINGUAL BOOKS

AUSTRALIAN KOALA, KANGAROO, EMU AND PLATYPUS

THE CHILDREN BELOW ARE READING THE KOALA AND EMU BOOKS

I HAD PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN THREE SIMILAR BOOKS FOR AUSTRALIA TIBET HOUSE FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN HERE AND IN INDIA. THE CAMBODIANS ASKED FOR THEM SO I DONATED THEM AND THEY HAVE TRANSLATED AND PRINTED THEM AS ENGLISH-KHMER BILINGUAL BOOKS. LETTER OF APPRECIATION BELOW.

TIBETAN YAK

HAVING VISITED CAMBODIA 10 YEARS AGO I SAW FIRST HAND THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING YEARS OF THE KHMER ROUGE. MY DAUGHTER VISITED IN JANUARY AND SAID THE COUNTRY IS DEVELOPING BUT EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO ADVANCEMENT. ENGLISH IS WIDELY TAUGHT AS T.HE SECOND LANGUAGE

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

This really beautiful environment book suitable for 5 years and up to adults won a Wilderness Society environment award for children's books. It has now been re-released by Five Senses Education in Sydney.

PROUDLY PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA.
IT DETAILS THE BEAUTIFUL WILDFLOWERS THAT GREW ON RED HILL ON SYDNEY'S NORTHERN BEACHES. Then the land was developed for housing and the flowers were bulldozed, roads laid and houses built. But Where have all the flowers gone? Gone forever for houses every one that's where all the flowers have gone! It has a small 1 page essay in the back detailing how Australia has lost 50% of its vegetation since European settlement. The flowers are beautifully illustrated in full colour by artist Jan Wade.

Five cruises in the last year giving lectures to passengers on topics relevant to the itinerary. My 30 subjects ranged from History and geology of the Pacific Islands visited, Writing, Pacific "Ring of Fire", Religion of Bali, Cannibalism in the Pacific and Pacific sea life.

Of course I had port days free to discover the places visited. We've had many fabulous times. Usually my husband Roger M accompanied me.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

AUSTRANIMALS - NEW EDITION OF MY 20 YEAR OLD AWARD WINNING FUN AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL BOOK

BROLLY BOOKS in Melbourne have just released a new edition of my favourite book AUSTRANIMALS.

BRIGHT NEW COVER, PLASTICISED AND STITCHED PAGES MAKE THIS INTERACTIVE A BOOK A JOY TO READ AS THE CUT IN HALF PAGES ARE TO BE FLIPPED BACK AND FORTH TO CREATE 256 DIFFERENT AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS. Fun! Fun! Fun! But when the pages match children learn first facts about 16 Australian animals.

I can post this hardcover book within Australia for $15. Email address is at top of website page under contact Jill.

What an honour!

On November 18, 2014 I was presented with the Lady Cutler Award 2014 for services to Children's literature by the Children's Book Council of Australia, NSW Branch.Thank you to CBCA for the great honour plus Ernie Tucker for nomination and Belinda Murrel for seconding.What a grand exciting night we enjoyed at the Castlereagh Hotel. It was lovely to see my family, supporters and CBCA members on the night especially Maurie Saxby (who sadly died 3 weeks later).Citation attached.